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Please have your homework out…

Please have your homework out…. Rank plans from harshest (1) to most lenient (3) on the former Confederacy…. Lincoln’s 2 nd Inaugural Address.

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Please have your homework out…

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  1. Please have your homework out… • Rank plans from harshest (1) to most lenient (3) on the former Confederacy….

  2. Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural Address • With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and for his orphans, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and a lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations. • 10 days later he is assassinated

  3. The battle over Reconstruction Radical Republican congressman Thaddeus Stevens President Andrew Johnson

  4. What are the major differences between the Radical Republicans and Andrew Johnson? • • Which plan do you think would be more likely to unite the country after the Civil War? • • Why do you think the Radical Republican plan was considered “radical?” • • What do you predict actually happened during Reconstruction?

  5. 13th Amendment (1st Amendment in 60 years) • Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction • No More slavery!

  6. Freedmen’s Bureau Acts • PROVISIONS: • Education for freedmen • Later- Supervises labor contracts between former slaves and whites • REASON: • Emergency help for freedmen • IMP’T: • Federal gov. trying to assist Former slaves • (Johnson vetoes; Congress overrides)

  7. Civil Rights Act 1866 • PROVISIONS: • Gives “citizenship rights” to everyone born in America • (make and enforce contracts, sue and be sued, give evidence in court, and inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold, and convey real and personal property) • REASON: • Passed in response to BLACK CODES (southern states passing laws limiting rights of freedmen) • IMP’T: • Major attempt to increase in federal power over states • (Johnson vetoes; Congress overrides)

  8. Reconstruction Act • PROVISIONS: • Abolish southern state governments • Split it up into 5 military districts • REASONS: • Federal government taking control of the South to enforce reform • IMP’T: • Radicals officially take over Reconstruction in the South

  9. 14th amendment • PROVISIONS: • Gives citizenship to anyone born in USA (former slaves) • ****makes Bill of Rights applicable to states****** • Sections 3 & 4- PUNISH THE SOUTH • (Confederate war debt or pension can be honored • No high ranking Confederate can have ANY political position without 2/3 of Congress okaying it) • REASON: • Protect rights of former slaves/ punish the south • IMP’T: • All born in America are citizens • ****Bill of Rights applies to states****

  10. 15th Amendment- Right to vote cannot be denied because of race • PROVISION: • Right to vote cannot be denied based on race • REASON: • Southern states not letting freedmen vote • Historical importance: • Race can’t be an issue

  11. Closure: • The Civil War can be seen as a war over… • states rights- where should power be- at the state or federal level? • or a war over slavery/ status of African Americans • Name one way Radical Reconstruction attempted to answer each of these questions…

  12. What do you think a “carpetbagger” is, based on these cartoons? • How do you think southerners viewed Reconstruction? Be specific…

  13. HOMEWORK: • For your assigned topic, • IDENTIFY MAIN IDEA • Find at least three supporting details that support, explain it

  14. Closure Question: • Did Radical Republicans go far enough in trying to reform the south? • Did they go too far in increasing the federal governments authority in states? • Why do you think so? Be specific in where they went too far or not far enough…

  15. Closure Question:

  16. Under Reconstruction, Republican government control the South: • scalawags- white southern “traitors” who cooperate with the Republican governments • Carpetbaggers- northern Republicans who move into the south • Freedmen- former slaves (90% Republican) 1867 cartoon- military registering freedmen to vote 1868 cartoon 1872 cartoon

  17. Jigsaw Assignment: • 12 minutes- • All in group agree on main idea(s) and good details to be used to explain topic • Create a “foldable” • 1st page- main ideas(s) • Inside pages- supporting details • May use bullets or images to explain • Use foldable to briefly explain how life changed for freedmen. All in group should have a role. • 20 minutes • Present to class ( • HW: answer question on sheet in a paragraph • Focus on 3 most important changes in your view; explain why

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